# Winny Brodt-Brown

Winny Brodt-Brown (born February 18, 1978) is an American former ice hockey player. She was the first winner of the Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award in 1996. She won a silver medal at the 2000 and 2001 IIHF Women's World ice hockey championships.
She played for the Minnesota Whitecaps and was a member when the team won the Western Women's Hockey League championship during the 2008–09 season and the 2010 Clarkson Cup. She was also a member of the Whitecaps when the team won the Isobel Cup during their first year as a member of the Premier Hockey Federation (then the National Women's Hockey League) during the 2018–19 season.

## Playing career
### USA Hockey

Her first exposure to USA Hockey came in 1995 with the US Junior Team and returned the following year in 1996. She was a participant at the USA Hockey Women's Festival in 1998, 1999, and 2000. She had several years experience with the United States national women's team. In addition, she was part of the Team USA squad that competed in the 1998 Three Nations Cup. She participated at the 2000 IIHF women's championships. The following year, in 2001 she participated in the World Championships also. She appeared in 5 games and registered 0 points.

### Minnesota Whitecaps

Upon leaving the University of Minnesota, she joined the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL) Minnesota Whitecaps in their inaugural 2004–05 season. In 2006, she was joined by her sister Chelsey Brodt-Rosenthal. They played every season with the Whitecaps, including their 2010 Clarkson Cup win, and through the team's independent years after the dissolution of the WWHL in 2011. Both signed contracts with the Whitecaps for its inaugural 2018–19 season in the professional Premier Hockey Federation (PHF, originally the National Women's Hockey League). She announced her retirement from the Whitecaps on August 16, 2022.

## Career stats
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1997–98 | University of New Hampshire | NCAA | 39 | 11 | 23 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1998–99 | University of Minnesota | NCAA | 24 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1999–2000 | University of Minnesota | NCAA | 28 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2002–03 | University of Minnesota | NCAA | 34 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2004–05 | Minnesota Whitecaps | WWHL | 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005–06 | Minnesota Whitecaps | WWHL | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006–07 | Minnesota Whitecaps | WWHL | 24 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007–08 | Minnesota Whitecaps | WWHL | 19 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2008–09 | Minnesota Whitecaps | WWHL | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2009–10 | Minnesota Whitecaps | WWHL | 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010–11 | Minnesota Whitecaps | WWHL | 18 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017–18 | Minnesota Whitecaps | Independent | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018–19 | Minnesota Whitecaps | NWHL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Minnesota Whitecaps | NWHL | 20 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Minnesota Whitecaps | NWHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021–22 | Minnesota Whitecaps | PHF | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCAA totals | NCAA totals | NCAA totals | 124 | 52 | 116 | 168 | 60 | — | – | – | – | – |
| WWHL totals | WWHL totals | WWHL totals | 107 | 22 | 57 | 79 | 98 | — | – | – | – | – |
| PHF totals | PHF totals | PHF totals | 49 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2000 | United States | WWC | | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | United States | WWC | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| World Championship totals | World Championship totals | World Championship totals | World Championship totals | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

* Ms. Hockey Award: 1996
* Top 3 finalists for Minnesota Sports Channel 1996 Athlete of the Year award
* Most valuable player: 1998 AWCHA Championship
* WCHA Defensive Player of the Year: 1999–2000
* Top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award: 1999–2000
* 1998 AWCHA Tournament Most Outstanding player
* 1999 Patty Berg Academic Award winner
* 2000 AWCHA All-Tournament Team
* 2000 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year
* First-team All-WCHA (2000)
* WCHA All-Academic Team member (2000)
* WCHA All-Tournament pick (2000)
* Peggy MacInnis Bye Scholarship award winner (2000)
* Academic All-Big Ten (2000)
* Patty Berg Academic Award honoree (2000)
* Western Women's Hockey League Defensive Player of the Year, 2006–07

## Group affiliations

* Herb Brooks Foundation Board Member (2008–2009)
* OS Hockey Training Director (2003–present)

## Personal

She is married to Justin Brown. She is also an instructor for the Highland Central Hockey Association in St. Paul, Minnesota.